Fernando Alonso believes it will be a miracle if he wins the championship with Ferrari this season, considering how poor their car was in the opening races.
The Spaniard currently leads Sebastian Vettel by 29 points, but a lack of race wins has seen that gap gradually close as his rivals begin to take advantage of Ferrari’s lesser pace.
Alonso is optimistic that they can hold on for another six races, but admits it would amount to a miracle if he were to do so.
“It’s a little miracle that we are leading the championship at the moment,” claimed the 31-year-old.
“We have come a long way since the first six races, when we were not even getting to Q3 and were 1.5 seconds slower than the best. Now the car has improved and we are more regularly on the podium and we are more optimistic, but we have to see what we can do from now to the end.”
Alonso praised his team for delivering “14 perfect races”, but called on them to continue their current form.
“If we win the title, it will be a miracle, but if we don’t we will have done our best, because I believe that up to this point, we have had 14 perfect races,” he added.
“So we must make no mistakes in the last six, keep calm and bring home as many points as possible on Sunday: sometimes we will be fourth, sometimes second.
“Depending on the race, depending on which rivals are doing what, we will see if we are aggressive or defensive in the races. In Singapore for example, we were aggressive at the start to make up for a bad qualifying, but in the final stages Button and Vettel were too far ahead so there was no point taking risks anymore.”
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